Re: Where would peak Kobe rank in today's league?
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:26 pm
Kobe wasn't the best guard since MJ, so nobody is saying that.
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JimmyFromNz wrote:If talking that 2005-2008 range, probably only Jokic, Embiid, Giannis/Luka hovering around that level.
I get that SGA is the shiny new toy, but I think that's somewhat disrespectful given the sample size, if we are truly acknowledging all of the benefits Kobe derives from this wide open, space and pace driven league. The scoring and playmaking gains in numbers purely as someone being run through a potentially helio-offense would be huge. If the question were, who would I feel more comfortable building around then that's a lot harder because I think the balance SGA has struck with his game at the moment is perfection.
On a side note - if Kobe wasn't the best guard since MJ...am I forgetting someone?
Cavsfansince84 wrote:JimmyFromNz wrote:If talking that 2005-2008 range, probably only Jokic, Embiid, Giannis/Luka hovering around that level.
I get that SGA is the shiny new toy, but I think that's somewhat disrespectful given the sample size, if we are truly acknowledging all of the benefits Kobe derives from this wide open, space and pace driven league. The scoring and playmaking gains in numbers purely as someone being run through a potentially helio-offense would be huge. If the question were, who would I feel more comfortable building around then that's a lot harder because I think the balance SGA has struck with his game at the moment is perfection.
On a side note - if Kobe wasn't the best guard since MJ...am I forgetting someone?
Steph I would think. Steph v Kobe is a pretty close debate and if we're talking peak then I think Wade over Kobe becomes very arguable.
rebirthoftheM wrote:How can you side-step the reality that increased spacing would have undoubtedly had an appreciable impact on Kobe's game?
Kobe settled for shots during his later prime years because he simply couldn't get to the rim due to reduced athleticism and due to the lakers lacking another playmaker that would allow him to operate from the mid-post.
And during his athleticism prime, spacing was no good and he played against both handchecking and zone.
There is no reason why Kobe couldn't average 35 on 58-59% TS in this era.
Spacing and lanes to the rim too good. He wouldnt be forced into as many long twos against long defenders due to driving and mid-post lack of access.
One_and_Done wrote:Looking at the numbers Kobe isn't even terribly close to SGA.
Superjohnstarks wrote:One_and_Done wrote:Looking at the numbers Kobe isn't even terribly close to SGA.
Those number u site that have gobert the best offensive player of all time
rk2023 wrote:Superjohnstarks wrote:One_and_Done wrote:Looking at the numbers Kobe isn't even terribly close to SGA.
Those number u site that have gobert the best offensive player of all time
We’re done with individual ORTG
One_and_Done wrote:This isn't about blindly looking at one stat like Ortg, it's looking at the overall package of stats/impact.
SGA 23-24 – 42.3pp100, 7.1rp100, 8.1ap100, 127 Ortg, 632 TS%
Kobe 00-10 – 36.9pp100, 7.6rp100, 6.9ap100, 113 Ortg, 579 TS%
It's really not close. Call me when these stata paint Gobert as better on O than SGA.
tsherkin wrote:Hard to envision him as the best in the game, since he wasn't really consistently that in his own day, but he'd be up there.
Kobe loved to shoot and he had fairly dismal shot selection. We did see him as a 6 3PA/g and we know he wasn't elite in that regard, so we know that wouldn't change too much. Could fairly expect his rim FG% to rise and maybe a teeny boost in his FTr. He'd still be a +3% rTS type player in today's game, which is good. As I consider him, it's hard to imagine him as outside the top ten. He would probably play more helio with heavier pick-and-roll proportion in today's game, which is a bit different than how Phil liked to handle him, so you'd probably see him as a 30/6, 30/7 kind of player on reasonable efficiency.
That starts to smell like a top 7 guy.
I can't really see him ahead of Giannis or Jokic or SGA, or this specific season's incarnation of Haliburton, or Luka. Probably not Steph, either. In the mix with KD, Mitchell, Steph, Lebron, like that. Really good, just not S-tier, so to speak.
One_and_Done wrote:rk2023 wrote:Superjohnstarks wrote:Those number u site that have gobert the best offensive player of all time
We’re done with individual ORTG
This isn't about blindly looking at one stat like Ortg, it's looking at the overall package of stats/impact.
SGA 23-24 – 42.3pp100, 7.1rp100, 8.1ap100, 127 Ortg, 632 TS%
Kobe 00-10 – 36.9pp100, 7.6rp100, 6.9ap100, 113 Ortg, 579 TS%
It's really not close. Call me when these stata paint Gobert as better on O than SGA.
One_and_Done wrote:Pick a peak season from each. Kobe still loses.
rk2023 wrote:One_and_Done wrote:rk2023 wrote:
We’re done with individual ORTG
This isn't about blindly looking at one stat like Ortg, it's looking at the overall package of stats/impact.
SGA 23-24 – 42.3pp100, 7.1rp100, 8.1ap100, 127 Ortg, 632 TS%
Kobe 00-10 – 36.9pp100, 7.6rp100, 6.9ap100, 113 Ortg, 579 TS%
It's really not close. Call me when these stata paint Gobert as better on O than SGA.
Is the overall package of impact in the room with us?
Hair Jordan wrote:You just listed peak Kobe behind this seasons Haliburton That might be the worst take in the history of this forum. Congrats